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Ghostbusters: Afterlife [2021]

Last night we finished watching our way through the
original Ghostbusters movie franchise ^{1984, 1989, & 2021} by watching:

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire [2024]
<=>"It'll send a chill down your spine"



We both enjoyed it. We both hope there are more movies coming in the franchise.

I'll note this movie is 40 years later than the first film in the franchise. Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray sort of show those 40 years...as does Annie Potts, though I think less so.

Child Of God.

Based on the Cormac McCarthy book of the same name, in which a mentally ill man, after losing his family home, indulges in his darkest impulses living as a homeless vagrant (serial murder, necrophilia, etc).
Very dark, very disturbing movie. Highly recommended for those who don't need happy, go-lucky entertainment.

Mother Monster (2013) on Tubi TV

Low budget ($50,000), compelling, but sad (depressing) story. Nothing funny here. It ends with a tiny sliver of hope.

The daughter of a prostitute mother and a drug dealing man ends up with her in laws after her father is killed and mother... I don't remember what happened to her, but she was selfish and cared nothing for her daughter. She teaches her nine year old how to appreciate Vodka.

The in laws, both the aunt and the uncle molested her and abused her as she grew up.

Fast forward. She becomes just like her mother. She only cares about money, being the center of attention, and her vodka. She gets involved with two men. One seems to be a decent man, although I think his money making means are illegal. The other man is cruel, misogynistic, and selfish. She manages to get pregnant by both men at the same time. I didn't think that was possible, but there are things school did not teach me. She has twins, Jake and Majesty. She raises them as boys. They find out otherwise when one gets her period. Her mother says "You're a dumb ass n****" Why did she tell the girls they were male? Because one of the two men that could be the dad was hunting for her and her two boys. No sarcasm about her being a caring mother. There was nothing funny about the story. The mother pimps her daughter out to earn money for food and is resentful that the daughter, Jake, cares more for her sister than her. The two daughters care for each other, but that eventually changes. It is messed up.

Jake finds her real father, and he has a DNA test done with her and her sister. That's how the biological different dads is revealed.
Majesty grows up hateful. When her mom is passed out, she with her girlfriend tie the mother up in the basement. There, Majesty tortures her mother a little every day, reminding her of the abuse she and her sister suffered everyday.
Meanwhile, Jake, with the help of her father, begins to have a peaceful life, and Majesty resents her for it. The guy tells Majesty he will be her dad as well, but she is "Sh**. N**** I don't need your charity" A few scenes later she tells the man that is her biological dad that she is her daughter. His reaction? "I've got problems of my own. You're on your own."

Jake finds her mother in the basement and calls an ambulance. Majesty doesn't understand why her sister cares.

The bulk of the story is told by the mom, who is in a sanitarium (???) talking to a therapist. It's the exposition needed to move the story along. Her story ends saying she does not know what became of Majesty. The girls' dads both died of aides, given to them by the mother.

It ends with Majesty planning to hit back at the people that killed her girlfriend. She is on the phone with her crew, three guys, checking their weapons. She is checking her pistol, and she gets a call. It is a girl she was close to in high school, before she learned she was female. The girl as driven from Texas to Washington D.C. to be with her because she cares. She wants to take her back to Texas. Majesty doesn't understand why she has driven so far to help her. She doesn't believe in this type of caring any more. So we are left with what is Majesty going to do? As I said, there is a sliver of hope.

This is a good movie for the budget. It's told not in a slick '70s way. It's very raw. It's honest. Despite the subject matter, there is no taking of drugs. Drugs are never seen, other than vodka. There is no nudity, and no sex scenes. It is brutal without ever showing graphic brutality. I have no idea what the rating is. The sound is not Hollywood sound quality. It's indie low budget quality. It could be PG-13 or it could be R. It could depend on where you're from.

Written and directed by Toy Styles

*** All quotes are paraphrased

Abigail (2024) on Peacock

Here is a warning. When you stake a vampire, it's like popping a LARGE balloon of chicken gizzards and blood. That, and one other area, they go a bit over board on the shock and gore factor. I was just going to say it feels like two writers worked on this, and I swear, I just looked it up. Two writers. Two directors. Two visions???

I enjoyed the film. No obvious plot conclusion.

One character, Peter, played by Kevin Durand, looks a little like Elon Musk. I don't think it was a conscious choice. He is the somewhat feeble minded muscle. I liked this character! Regardless, the Elon Musk doppelganger was mildly distracting, but amusing. The actor cannot help it.

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Earthquake,Rollercoaster,DarkStar.

M3GAN (2022)

Despicable Me 4

Point Break (1991) Rifftrax Live at the theater
It was recorded live in July, in Minneapolis. It played August 8 (2024) at selected theater across the world.
It will replay Tuesday, August 13 (2024) at selected theaters.

It was fun. There are some people that always attend the Rifftrax Live showings. I person, I use to work with back in the 1980s. It's always nice to see him, even if it is just to say hello (until next year).

Gacy: Serial Killer Next Door.

Very fictionalized version of events. A teenaged boy discovers the new neighbor across the street from him who everyone likes is actually a murderer. Could have been good, but uneven writing made this a poor movie. At least the actor playing Gacy looked the part.

What is your opinion?

Long Legs

How was it?

Love Lies Bleeding.

Two women fall in love in a small New Mexico town - one a gym manager whose estranged father is the local crime boss, and the other an aspiring female bodybuilder. Murder ensues, along with steroid abuse.
Very enjoyable crime movie.

I think M3GAN is a very good science fiction movie about robots. I'm not sure I would call the movie "great" but it is very good.

I enjoyed it.
A little girl is in a car accident with her parents, both are killed. She goes to live with her brilliant aunt that creates intelligent toys for a living. She is better at that than being a surrogate mother. She gives her niece a robot that once imprinted, will devote herself to the little girl. It does a good job. Then something happens and things go wrong.

Although in all honesty, the little girl becomes a bit annoying at times.

I was reminded of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, if David had suffered brain damage, and really became obsessive and protective about his mother.